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07 April, 2025
ACT continues to drive real change in the latest quarterly plan
“ACT’s contribution to the Coalition Government’s Quarter Two Plan shows ACT’s continued outsized role in delivering real change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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05 April, 2025
'Decolonising' deadlines: Waikato law faculty undermines excellence with automatic extension policy
ACT can reveal that Waikato University’s law faculty is giving students an automatic 10-day extension for assessments submitted past deadline.
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04 April, 2025
Over 300,000 Treaty Principles Submissions, and not a glove laid on Equal Rights
“The Treaty Principles Bill Select Committee report confirms what ACT has long said. There are no good arguments against people being equal, and more people making bad arguments does not improve them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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03 April, 2025
ACT welcomes wider ANZAC Day recognition of service
ACT’s Defence Spokesperson Mark Cameron is welcoming the first reading passage of the ANZAC Day Amendment Bill, which expands recognition to New Zealanders who served in conflicts and peacekeeping operations after the Vietnam War, saying it reflects how many Kiwis already commemorate the day.
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03 April, 2025
ACT celebrates law change to liberate builders and embrace international materials
ACT is welcoming the passage of the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill, which delivers on ideas ACT campaigned on in 2023.
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01 April, 2025
Moves to rein in public sector bloat welcomed
“Too many government agencies are trying to do too many things. Bureaucratic mission creep sees taxpayer money wasted on nice-to-haves, duplicated across different departments. Basic services are neglected even while headcounts balloon.
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01 April, 2025
If it Pleases the Gods
The Greens have gone (more) insane. Last week one Green MP effectively said police patrols are worthless. The Press Gallery finally rounded on them, because young people in Central Wellington know the world can be a dangerous place and a few coppers are a welcome sight at night.
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31 March, 2025
ACT welcomes RBNZ’s review of banking red tape
ACT Party has been sounding the alarm about these rules since 2019, so we’re glad to see the Reserve Bank finally take notice.
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30 March, 2025
AUT Dean’s outburst shows virus of racism alive and well in universities
“A racist outburst from the Dean of the AUT Law School targeting an ACT MP on the basis of her being an immigrant reveals exactly why we need the Treaty Principles Bill,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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29 March, 2025
MP drafts bill to end race-based university policies
ACT Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar has drafted a bill that would ensure universities do not allocate resources, benefits or opportunities based on race.
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28 March, 2025
ACT welcomes moves to take ideology out of healthcare, recognise overseas qualifications
ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson is welcoming a review of health workforce regulations, including 1) a review of complex cultural requirements, and 2) the progress of an ACT coalition commitment to better recognise people with overseas medical qualifications and experience for accreditation in New Zealand.
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27 March, 2025
Teaching Council shouldn't be policing political speech
“The Teaching Council should throw out a vexatious complaint against a teacher who expressed a political opinion online”, says ACT Education spokesperson Laura McClure.